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Sets of helmets and silentblocks Powerflex to restore and improve chassis stability
Powerflex it produces helmets and silent-blocks of polyurethane designed to increase stability in all joints, significantly helping to stabilize the suspension geometry during curves, brakes and accelerations.
The silent blocks Powerflex they are made with polyurethane.Polyurethane is a plastic material whose technical properties make it very suitable for those components subject to great effort.
Another great advantage is that they do not need maintenance or lubrication.The original silent-blocks are made with a rubber compound that deteriorates over time, offering less and less control over the geometric integrity of the suspension.
Because of this, the tires are also wasted faster and the conduction becomes unspecific, especially when braking or accelerating.
This material and the quality of Powerflexit has also been possible to reduce a common problem in suspension such as noise.
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Powerflex Classic Series
The classic range of silentblocks and helmets Powerflex which are characterized by being blue, are the most indicated to replace the original piece with a plus of increased rigidity and strength
Powerflex The Black Series
The Poweflex Black range is oriented for those cars that have been prepared or are going to be prepared to be enhanced to increase the overall performance of the car.They are more rigid and more resistant than the blue series, it is indicated for users who do tandas, track days and competitions.
Why is it so important to keep the joints in perfect condition?
Many users pay attention to the state of their amortisers, but do not pay sufficient attention to the state of the car chassis joints.Keeping the joints in perfect state and without holes is very important, especially if our car has more than 10 years of age or more than 100,000 km.
The original silent blocks are manufactured with a standard rubber compound that deteriorates over time, offering less and less control over the geometric integrity of the suspension.Because of this, the tires are also expelled faster and the drive becomes unaccurate, especially when braking or accelerating
With the use, chassis joints such as, basculants, silentblocks, labels...etc suffer a wear and a fatigue that normally passes unnoticed to the sight, it is quite complicated to diagnose a bad state of these components at simple sight, even sometimes without having obvious signs of being deteriorated, can have fatigue, for example see the lower illustrations in which a new silentblock and a old one are compared.
With continued use, the rubber joints go out and suffer the consequences of adverse climatology as well as other aggressive agents, dust, dust, stones, fuels, lubricants etc. that attack the rubber, disintegrating the material and causing the appearance of important holes.
These holes can cause the appearance of the following symptoms when braking and accelerating;
- General imbalances and instability
- Noise in the basement
- Erratic Chassis Behaviors
- Imprecise direction
- Braking and/or accelerating
- Increased emergency braking distance
- Irregular waste on wheels
- Increased fuel consumption
It is strongly recommended to review all the joints and silentblocks by an expert professional to diagnose the state of these, especially if the amortisers are going to be replaced, at the lesser symptom of wear it is recommended to be replaced by other new elements.
If new suspensions are mounted, it is very possible that if there is a hidden defect this remains hidden and the feeling that still changing the suspension the car remains unstable and imprecise.
TYPES OF SILENT BLOCK
Silent-blocks elastic rubber
The elastic rubber silentblocks are those that always come mounted on the first OEM original equipment.They increase the comfort and comfort of the chassis in motion but decrease the accuracy on the wheel and provide a slower car response and a more perishable behavior, more even the more waste they are with the passage of time and use.
Silent Blocks
The semi-rigid silentblocks of polyurethane Powerflex they are designed to increase stability in all joints, significantly helping to stabilize the suspension geometry during curves, brakes and accelerations.
They increase the accuracy in the direction of the car and the dynamic behavior but slightly decreases the driving comfort.It is recommended for street use with moderate sport driving and occasional circuit tandas.
Silent Blocks
The Silent Blocks Powerflex Black Series (Track use) are more rigid and consistent than the standard series, they are not completely rigid as the applications that incorporate rigid steel spheric joints, they are designed to maintain the fixed and stable suspension geometry during curves, in brakes and in accelerations.
The Black Series is recommended to mount in competition applications, circuit tandas and trackdays, can be mounted for street use, but keep in mind that it significantly decreases the level of comfort and amplifies the presence of noise in the habitat
Some Poweflex applications incorporate steel spherical joint, Applications for use in competition, not recommended for daily use because it increases the rigidity of the axes, the appearance of noise and eliminates the comfort of walking.